February 18, 2015
Selma
Contends
for Best
Picture
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and John Legend.
"It's a song that is going to be in
the culture for quite a while,"
DuVernay said. "Already choirs and
students and people are singing
this song and it's becoming a pro-
test that I think will last."
She said she was not expecting a
best-director bid from the film acad-
emy. "There has been no precedent
for a black woman to be nominated
for best director, so why was it go-
ing to change with me?" she said.
Yet the director said she feels
honored the film is a contender for
the top Oscar.
"We were nominated as best pic-
ture, which is nothing to sneeze at,"
she said. "People act like we dragged
out of there with nothing. I mean,
best picture."
The Academy Awards will be
broadcast live on ABC on Sunday,
Feb. 22 at 5:30 PST.
Obituary
In Loving Memory
Jacob ‘Lee’ Jackson
Jacob “Lee” Jackson was born
April 5, 1938 and died Feb. 9, 2014.
Services were held Saturday, Feb.
14 at First AME Zion Church. Ar-
rangements under the direction of
Terry Family Funeral Home.
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